Thematic Bible: Inhabit


Thematic Bible



The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.
Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

The wild beasts will meet hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. Indeed, the screech owl will stay there and will find a resting place for herself. The sand partridge will make her nest there; she will lay and hatch her eggs and will gather [her brood] under her shadow. Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there, each with its mate.

“I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls, and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”

This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfPoolsThreateningsHedgehogsSweepingdistractions

I know every bird of the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Verse ConceptsCreatorBirds, Features OfBeastsAll Things Belong To GodBirdsbugs

I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.
Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBirds, Types Of BirdsOwlsPelicans

Your neck is like a tower of ivory,
your eyes like pools in Heshbon
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.
Verse ConceptsPools

Egypt’s weavers will be dejected;
all her wage earners will be demoralized.
Verse ConceptsWagesPoolsMetaphorical Pillars

Fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim. These will become places where nets are spread out to dry. Their fish will consist of many different kinds, like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. Verse ConceptsNetsSpreadingSeaMediterranean SeaFishingKinds Of Living Things

If flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” Verse ConceptsKilling Domesticated Animals

The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from it.” Verse ConceptsFishesSmellsSeeking WaterDeath Of Creatures

I will leave you in the desert,
you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open ground
and will not be taken away
or gathered for burial.
I have given you
to the beasts of the earth
and the birds of the sky as food.
Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesAnimals Eating PeopleNo Burialsreuniting

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